Jonathan: Nigeria‘ll attain MDGs

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said Nigeria is working hard to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Jonathan, who received the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Award for Nigeria’s reduction of hunger under the MDGs before the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting started in Abuja yesterday, hoped that “Nigeria will get there”.

After receiving the award from the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwwumi Adesina, the President said: “I have to thank Akinwumi and his team that worked tirelessly to get us to where we are. Let me use this unique opportunity to tell Nigerians and the rest of the world that we appreciate this recognition. We are yet to reach where we want to go. But surely, we will get there.”

Presenting the award, Akinwunmi said: “Mr President, you are feeding Nigeria, and the international community recognises your efforts and leadership in feeding Nigeria. The FAO of the United Nations (UN) has just given a special recognition to Nigeria for the achievement of reducing the number of people suffering from chronic hunger and for making notable progress in guaranteeing food security for our citizens.

“I was honoured, Mr President, to receive this special recognition on your behalf at the FAO.

“Why did they give this award to Nigeria? Your Excellency, according to the FAO, the number of Nigerians suffering from hunger reduced from 19.31 million in 1990 and 1992 to 13.38 in 2010 to 2012.

“The prevalent of undernourishment in our country declined from 19.3 per cent in 1990/1991 to 8.5 per cent by 2010/2012. This is below the MDG target of 9.7 per cent, which was set for 2015. Therefore, Nigeria has been recognised for achieving the MDG 1 on hunger two years ahead of schedule. We are proud of this achievement, Mr President, because of your passion and leadership in pushing for food security in the country.

“Mr President, you launched the Agricultural Transformation Agenda in 2011 with a goal of adding 20 million metric tonnes of food to our domestic food supply. We are well and aware, under your leadership, to achieve that target. In the last two years, Nigeria has added nine million metric tonnes of food to our domestic food supply, 45 per cent of the target.

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this is d type of message okupe,abati and maku can tolerate,d trio did not question FAO UN where they manipulate d figure from when in actual sense people r wallowing in abject poverty,garri nd rice so scare and expensive,a cup of garri is #50,rice #70,which r d common food stuff d poor feed with every,cost of transportation is high due to unstable fuel price,pls FAO can u tell us where u manipulate ur figure from or u took ur sample from aso rock,pls take ur sample from each state in geopolitical zone like ebonyi,bayelsa,oyo,borno,niger,kwara,benue and confirm ur figure for us

Yar’adua drop price of fuel from N80 to N70 and he later droped it to N65 per litre while Jonathan wake up on jan 1st 2012 increase fuel pump price to N140. This also apply to PHCN billing. Nigerians beware

PDP adm met price of fuel N11/litre and from 1999 to 2007 jump to N80 thank to Yar’adua that droped price of fuel from N80 to N70 and he later droped it to N65 per litre while Jonathan wake up on jan 1st 2012 increase fuel pump price to N140 after a serious agitation by NLC with sufferness for complete 8 days by nigerians thanks to Mark and Tanbuwai intervention which made it N97 per litre. This also apply to PHCN billing. Nigerians beware

Excellency President GEJ has outperformed every other President the state has ever had. He called for support for him, saying anyone who disputes Jonathan’s performance is “blinder than the bat” and also
an enemy to the Nigeria State.

I have followed the history of all Presidents to President GEJ and from Diette-Spiff to him, I make bold to say without any apologies or regrets that no President has focused himself to elevating our country Nigeria, than President GEJ.

This is a period of planting seeds, We have to support our President to implement the vision of transformation agenda.

We have witness tremendous change in the key sector: Power, Agriculture, Oil etc. It is high time you begin to agree with him just like every other President in d past because promotion come from God and not by any man.

If God want him to complete his eight years just as every other president there is nothing and absolutely nothing you can do to change it. Whether you are from South West Majority, or Northern Majority or what ever the will of God stand.

Please try as much as you can to be constructive in your argument not because someone remove N5.00 or N10.00 from fuel that make that person a better president.

I pray your mind of understanding be enlighten to put aside tribalism and being sentimental.